GYMNOPEDIE N°1, Eric Satie, RIP Peter Green

Jean Pierre · August 05, 2020, 02:00:32 AM

..I didn't know Peter Green well as a guitarist.
He passed away a few days ago and while searching for information about the guitar staff who played with John Mayall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_John_Mayall_band_members
I learned that he succeeded Clapton as lead guitarist in 1966 in the bluesbrakers, then he founded with Mike Fleetwood the band Fleetwood Mac.
I've been listening to his discography these days and as the great BB King used to say, "He's the only white guy to ever make me sweat."

I decided to cover the Albatross song on guitar and weissenborn... it's a simple 2 chord tune I think that reminds me a little bit of Eric Satie's number one gymnopedy, which I did a version of and I'm offering it here, waiting for my version of Albatross.

material: Takamine Hirade nylon, DAW Reaper and effects Guitar rig 5 and CLA wave guitar

RIP Peter Green

Greeny · August 05, 2020, 03:49:00 AM

I really like Satie. This is very ambitious to play / cover on guitar, but you did it! Amazing skills and tone. And also very relaxing - left me wanting more.

Jean Pierre · August 05, 2020, 09:44:44 AM

merci greeny
I like very much the guitar adaptations of Eric Satie's repertoire, originally composed for piano.
I had a period of a few years where I played a lot of classical guitar (self-taught) and I sometimes put some pieces of this repertoire here on SC

for you the "no effect" version (just a zest of reverb)
...I think I prefer this version of Gymnopedy No. 1, after all...

Flash Harry · August 05, 2020, 01:52:35 PM

Ah lovely, I too am a Satie fan, I have played the Trois Gymnopedies for a long time, simple to play, hard to get right.

I've not heard No.1 played on guitar before. Very nice.

There are another two...